Discovery certificate for object 2019pyk
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 46551 [ 2019TNSTR1805....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-09-11 08:09:42
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_AMPEL_NEW)
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

J. Nordin, V. Brinnel, M. Giomi, J. van Santen (HU Berlin), A. Gal-Yam, O. Yaron, S. Schulze (Weizmann) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2019pyk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abygwjx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:06:08.071 (1.533631) DEC = +01:01:56.09 (1.0322467)
Discovery date: 2019-09-10 09:32:30.000 (JD=2458736.897581)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-09-10 09:32:30.000
Flux: 19.5 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-09-07 08:53:40
Limiting flux: 20.6327 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2019pyk